Spinning the cultural tale: multiculturalism in K. S. Maniam's top winner

• Main Authors: Mohd. Azrul, Mohd. Ezamir Azral, Mohd Ramli, Aimillia
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Languages and Communication, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA) 2015
• Subjects: PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania; PZ Childrens literature
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/49032/1/49032.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/49032/; https://www.unisza.edu.my/icl2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=349

This paper analyses K. S. Maniam’s children’s novel, Top Winner (2005), in order to show how the narrative illustrates multiculturalism as instrumental in educating readers to respond positively to Malaysia’s cultural dynamism and heritage. It argues that Maniam’s fictional narrative recaptures the...